{"id":17696,"date":"2025-01-21T17:35:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T16:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/?p=17696"},"modified":"2025-01-21T17:35:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T16:35:35","slug":"kazakhstan-role-middle-power-focus-world-policy-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/kazakhstan-role-middle-power-focus-world-policy-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Kazakhstan\u2019s Role as Middle Power in Focus at World Policy Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

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16.12.2024<\/p>\n

Kazakhstan\u2019s Role as Middle Power in Focus at World Policy Conference<\/p>\n

Abu Dhabi, December 16, 2024 \u2013 Kazakhstan\u2019s contributions to addressing global challenges and its emerging role as a growing middle power were in the focus of discussions at the 17th annual World Policy Conference (WPC), organized by the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) in Abu Dhabi on December 13-15.
\nThierry de Montbrial, founder and long-standing president of IFRI \u2013 one of Europe\u2019s leading think tanks \u2013 moderated a conference session titled \u201cMultivector Foreign Policies?\u201d. He highlighted Kazakhstan\u2019s diplomatic course as a model for multivector diplomacy, which has earned the country recognition as a responsible partner in the international community. According to the distinguished French scholar, Kazakhstan has not only refined its approach to foreign policy but is also increasingly active in addressing global challenges as a middle power.
\nDe Montbrial noted that this raises pertinent questions: What are the foundations of Kazakhstan\u2019s foreign policy? How does it manage to maintain positive relations with various geopolitical power centers in an era of heightened tensions? And what can the country achieve in its newly acquired status, particularly, in conflict resolution efforts?
\nDuring the subsequent discussion, Kazakhstan\u2019s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Roman Vassilenko used the metaphor of the traditional Kazakh round felt house, the yurt, to explain the country\u2019s balanced and pragmatic foreign policy. \u201cIn the traditional Kazakh home, there are no corners,\u201d he said. \u201cTherefore, the need to take sides or choose a corner, as one might in a boxing ring, runs contrary to our national mentality.\u201d.
\nHe further emphasized that \u201cKazakhstan rejects dividing nations into blocs. We believe that if states must indeed take a side, it should be the side of cooperation rather than rivalry, engagement rather than isolation, the rule of law rather than lawlessness, mutual benefit and the concept of a win-win outcome, rather than mutual exclusion and zero-sum games. Thanks to this approach, Kazakhstan has built mutually respectful and beneficial relationships with all its partners and enjoys amicable relations with all countries,\u201d he added.
\nAddressing what middle powers can do amid a crisis in the international security system, the Deputy Minister underscored Astana\u2019s commitment to strengthening the United Nations as the sole global organization tasked with addressing issues of global development and security.
\n\u201cTo this end, as President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has noted, the long-overdue reform of the UN Security Council must become a priority. For many years, the Security Council has been deadlocked on critical issues of war and peace. Kazakhstan believes the Security Council must become more representative and ensure fairer representation, reflecting today\u2019s realities.\u201d
\nAccording to Roman Vassilenko, \u201cwhat we can do as a middle power \u2013 and we take this designation very seriously \u2013 is to collaborate with like-minded nations, in a network of such countries in searching for collective solutions and in persuading global superpowers to prioritize the interests of humanity as a whole and urgently address critical global issues, such as climate change, inequality, poverty, etc.\u201d.
\nResponding to the moderator\u2019s question on Kazakhstan\u2019s stance toward the conflict in Ukraine, Vassilenko reiterated that \u201cPresident Tokayev has consistently emphasized that the resolution of this problem can only be achieved through diplomacy. We advocate for the swift cessation of the conflict and the resolution of differences at the negotiating table. Kazakhstan is ready to fully support efforts in this direction.\u201d.
\nThe panel discussion also featured Serbia\u2019s Speaker of Parliament Ana Brnabi\u0107 and Georgia\u2019s First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Lasha Darsalia, who shared their countries\u2019 approaches to the topic.
\nThe conference explored issues of global geopolitics and economics, bringing together politicians, diplomats, experts, business leaders, and journalists from Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa. Representatives of international organizations such as the International Monetary Fund and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development also participated.<\/p>\n

Retrouvez l’article sur le site du minist\u00e8re des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res du Kazakhstan<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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